NANAIMO
BIRD REPORT
" EXPLORE NATURE---GO BIRDING"
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail
us at
Please
remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone number along
with the
date, the species and location of your sighting.
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Sunday,
June 01, 2014:
The Sunday
bird walk went to Morden Colliery provincial Park in south Nanaimo. The morning
was sunny and warm. We had the good
fortune to see a Pacific Wren nest next to the trail. It was great to see four
chicks being fed by their parent so close to us. We heard a Red-eyed Vireo sing
nearby. Three Spotted Sandpipers were
feeding near the river shore. We saw a fledgling Pileated Woodpecker peering out
of its nest box Swainson's Thrushes and Black-headed Grosbeaks were singing all
morning. Two Red-breasted Sapsuckers were busy feeding in their holes on the
maple tree not far from the trail very exciting to watch.
Red-breasted Sapsucker:
Ralph Hocken Photo.
Seventeen
birders saw and heard the following thirty-eight species:
Common
Merganser, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Spotted Sandpiper, Belted Kingfisher, Northern
Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Rufous Hummingbird, Hammond’s
Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Northwestern Crow, Eurasian Dove, California
Quail, Violet-green Swallow, Rough-winged Swallow, Purple Martin, Chestnut-backed
Chickadee, Brown Creeper, Bewick's Wren, Pacific Wren ,European
Starling, Swainson's Thrush, American Robin, Orange-crowned Warbler,
Black-throated Gray Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Common
Yellowthroat, Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeak, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed
Cowbird, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, and American Goldfinch.
Tuesday,
May 27:
The Tuesday bird walk went to Springwood Park in Parksville. The
morning began cloudy and cool but soon turned sunny and warm. The bird of the
morning was the MacGillivray's Warbler. It was feeding just above our
heads in a cedar tree just off the trail giving us all great views. The songs
of the Warbling Vireos, MacGillivray's Warblers, Black-throated Gray Warblers,
Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warblers, Pacific-slope Flycatchers,
Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Bewick's Wrens and Swainson's Thrush made for a
great morning of birding by ear. We spotted several species of Swallows flying
low over the hay field just off the road. A Red-tailed Hawk perched on a snag
before being mobbed by a Northwestern Crow and flying away. We spotted a Great
Horned Owl and a Barred Owl who were being mobbed by several American Robins
near the end of the walk.
MacGillivray’s
Warbler: Photo by Ralph Hocken
Eighteen
birders including a visiting birder from Whitecourt, Alberta saw and heard the
following fifty-four species:
Canada
Geese, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Barred Owl, Great Horned
Owl, Rock Pigeon, Band-tailed Pigeon, Eurasian-collared Dove, California Quail,
Anna's Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Northern
Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Hammond's Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher,
Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Violet-green Swallow, Barn Swallow, Tree
Swallow, Rough-winged Swallow, Purple Martin, Chestnut-backed Chickadee,
Bewick's Wren, Pacific Wren, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, American Robin,
European Starling, Warbling Vireo, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated
Gray Warbler, Townsend's Warbler , MacGillivray's Warbler, Yellow-rumped
Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warbler, Spotted Towhee, Chipping
Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Black-headed
Grosbeak, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Purple Finch, House Finch
and American Goldfinch.
Monday,
May 26:
Three Caspian Terns were seen at the mouth of
the French Creek.
Caspian Terns: Ralph
Hocken Photo.
Sunday,
May 25:
A female Lazuli
Bunting was seen and photographed at the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo.
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Everyone
is welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the Sunday and
Tuesday mornings. We leave from the Store at 9 a.m. on Sunday Mornings and go
to a different location in and around Nanaimo and from the Parksville Beach
Community Park at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and go to different areas in and around
the Oceanside area.
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The
Tuesday bird walk on June 03, 2014 will be going to Moorecroft Regional Park in
Nanoose Bay. Meet at the Parksville Community Park in Parksville at the
parking lot near the Lions Club playground at 9:00 am. or at the parking lot at
Moorecroft off Stewart Avenue in Nanoose Bay at about 9:30 a.m.
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The
Sunday bird walk on June 08, 2014 will be going to Moorecroft Regional Park in
Nanoose Bay. Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at
Moorecroft off Stewart Avenue in Nanoose Bay at about 9:30 a.m
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Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
